Figgins v Figgins

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Year2002
Date2002
CourtFamily Court (Australia)

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31 cases
  • Work v Gray
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • April 11, 2017
    ...Child) (Care Proceedings: Threshold Criteria), In re [2013] UKSC 33; [2013] 1 WLR 1911; [2013] 3 All ER 929; [2013] 2 FLR 1075, SC(E) Figgins v Figgins [2002] FamCA 688; 29 Fam LR Imerman v Tchenguiz [2010] EWCA Civ 908; [2011] Fam 116; [2011] 2 WLR 592; [2011] 1 All ER 555; [2010] 2 FLR 81......
  • L v L
    • Hong Kong
    • High Court (Hong Kong)
    • November 18, 2005
    ...v White had been adopted in other common law jurisdictions. In Australia, the Chief Justice of the Family Court in Figgins v Figgins [2002] FamCA 688 Paras. 112 to 134 considered the lesson to be learnt from White. His Honour observed that whilst many points made by Lord Nicholls were appos......
  • Lambert v Lambert
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • November 14, 2002
    ...case of Cowan on the assessment of what constitutes an exceptional contribution by the family money-maker. The case in point is Figgins v Figgins [2002] FamCA 688. Figgins was an appeal to the Full Court in a big money case whose distinguishing features were inheritance and a relatively bri......
  • GW v RW (Financial Provision: Departure from Equality)
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • Invalid date
    ...2 FLR 192. F v F [2003] 43 HKCU 1, HK HC. F v F (ancillary relief: substantial assets) [1996] 2 FCR 397, [1995] 2 FLR 45. Figgins v Figgins [2002] FamCA 688, Aust Foley v Foley (1981) 2 FLR 215, CA. G v G (financial provision: equal division) [2002] EWHC 1339 (Fam), [2002] 2 FLR 1143. Gojko......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Property settlement and inheritance misconceptions
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • March 4, 2015
    ...Corporation, Intervener [1983] FLC 91-362 3De Angelis and De Angelis [2003] FLC 93-133 4James and James [1978] FLC 90-487 5Figgins [2002] FLC 93-122, Nicholson CJ and Buckley J at The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice sho......
1 books & journal articles
  • Quantifying the Homemaker Contribution in Family Property Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 31-1, March 2003
    • March 1, 2003
    ...been considerable controversy generated by the decision of the FullCourt in JEL and DDF (2001) FLC ¶93–075. See, eg, Figgins and Figgins [2002] FamCA 688,[134] (Nicholson CJ and Buckley J). See also John Fogarty, 'Farmer/Bramley,Lynch/Fitzpatrick and Wh ite: Is this the Result of 25 Years o......